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Accepts applications
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
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The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2024 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
This is a count from past returns. It does not say the foundation will consider a new request. How it is counted: names are compared as written on the returns, without "The" at the start, without endings such as "Inc" or "LLC", and without spaces and punctuation. A recipient also counts as already listed when our records link it to the same organization as an earlier recipient, or when its name is almost the same as an earlier name (a trigram similarity of 0.8 or more, where 1 means identical). The state on the grant row is not compared. Grants that the foundation marked as paid to an individual, such as a scholarship, are left out of both numbers, and no count is shown when most of its grants are marked that way. A person whom the foundation did not mark as an individual is still counted as a recipient. A recipient can still look new when its name is written very differently from year to year, and two different recipients with almost the same name can be counted as one.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Giving by year
Total assets by year
| Year | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Giving | Assets | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 990-PF | $8,666,686 | $8,554,850 | $8,213,523 | $144,329,982 |
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
Recipient focus areas
Where recipients are
Based on the 46% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resist IncJamaica Plain, MA | Matahari Women Workers' Center, BEJA, SIM, Reclaim Roxbury, MassCOSH, Learning Circle & New Fundraisers Cohort | $479,565 | 2023 | |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penn Loh | President/Chair/Trustee | 5.00 | $30,000 |
| Iris Gomez | Clerk/Trustee | 2.00 | $16,000 |
| Julie Goodridge | Treasurer/Trustee | 2.00 | $20,000 |
| Lily Mendez-Morgan | Vice Chair/Vice Treas/Trustee |
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
| $142,921,079 |
| FY2023 | 990-PF | $4,379,179 | $8,878,862 | $7,962,715 | $137,975,556 | $135,083,325 |
| FY2022 | 990-PF | $13,843,254 | $11,301,868 | $8,597,881 | $130,800,910 | $127,325,169 |
| FY2021 | 990-PF | $20,347,329 | $8,985,629 | $6,891,854 | $163,844,341 | $161,814,942 |
| FY2020 | 990-PF | $8,137,125 | $8,893,307 | $7,237,846 | $150,928,840 | $148,781,959 |
| FY2019 | 990-PF | $7,255,179 | $9,219,275 | $7,492,569 | $140,235,458 | $138,332,049 |
| FY2018 | 990-PF | $7,085,431 | $9,039,640 | $7,032,413 | $128,820,885 | $126,977,835 |
| FY2017 | 990-PF | $6,811,393 | $9,249,054 | $7,317,432 | $146,116,615 | $144,392,309 |
| ResistJamaica Plain, MA |
| Boston Education Justice Alliance, Matahari Women Workers' Center, Reclaim Roxbury, other projects, and general support |
| $466,180 |
| 2022 |
| Urban Revival Inc (City LifeVida Urbana)Jamaica Plain, MA | Homes for All Massachusetts, anniversary, employee match, 2023 ReFrame Academy participation, and general support | $444,508 | 2023 |
| Alternatives for Community and Environment IncRoxbury, MA | General support | $420,000 | 2024 |
| Boston Foundation IncBoston, MA | Community Identified Issues | $385,000 | 2019 |
| Alternatives for Community and Environment IncRoxbury, MA | NEU4J's Climate Justice Organizing Training School, participatory design, and general support | $375,000 | 2023 |
| Community Labor United IncBoston, MA | Democracy HUBs Boston Redistricting Education, New England United for Justice, and general support | $370,000 | 2022 |
| Massachusetts Law Reform Institute IncBoston, MA | Housing Justice, Equity and Preservation, and Springfield Community Lawyering projects | $350,000 | 2023 |
| TSNE MissionWorksMatched to this organization because 31 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.Boston, MA | Design Studio for Social Intervention, Matahari Women Worker's Center, COVID-19 rapid response, Immigrant Organizing CSIO, EDs of Color Capacity Support Pilot Project, and general support | $341,000 | 2020 |
| Third Sector New England IncBoston, MA | HUBS Movement Infrastructure Project | $325,000 | 2024 |
| The City School IncMatched to this organization because 7 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.Boston, MA | General support, Youth Justice & Power Union, Ella Baker Young Adult Fellowship, leadership transition, and project design | $325,000 | 2023 |
| Third Sector New England IncBoston, MA | MA Hubs, Center to Support Immigrant Organizing, and Revere Youth in Action projects | $280,000 | 2023 |
| Urban Revival IncJamaica Plain, MA | Homes For All Massachusetts and general support | $265,500 | 2021 |
| TSNE MissionWorksMatched to this organization because 31 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.Boston, MA | Important Racial Justice Issues | $260,000 | 2019 |
| Third Sector New England IncBoston, MA | Community identified and racial justice | $260,000 | 2018 |
| Third Sector New England IncBoston, MA | Center for Support Immigrant Organizing, Voter Table Education | $260,000 | 2022 |
| Urban Revival IncJamaica Plain, MA | Housing Justice education, Lynn United for Change, PUEBLO, and general support | $260,000 | 2022 |
| Massachusetts Communities Action NetworkBoston, MA | I Have a Future Program and general support | $255,000 | 2021 |
| Third Sector New England IncBoston, MA | Center for Support Immigrant Organizing, DS4SI, Voter Table Project, and general support | $240,000 | 2021 |
| Center for Economic DemocracyBoston, MA | Boston Ujima, Center for Cooperative Development and Solidarity, Solidarity Economy Initiative, and general support | $235,000 | 2021 |
| Center for Economic DemocracyBoston, MA | Boston Ujima support, Center for Cooperative Development and Solidarity, employee match, and general support | $233,517 | 2023 |
| Center for Economic DemocracyBoston, MA | Boston Ujima, Center for Cooperative Development and Solidarity, Solidarity Economy Initiative | $225,000 | 2022 |
| Urban Revival IncJamaica Plain, MA | Homes for All Massachusetts Project | $205,000 | 2024 |
| Chinese Progressive AssociationBoston, MA | Community identified issues | $205,000 | 2018 |
| Resist IncJamaica Plain, MA | General support | $202,500 | 2024 |
| 2.00 |
| $16,000 |
| Lucas H Guerra | Vice Treasurer/Trustee | 2.00 | $16,000 |
| Gerardo Espinoza | Trustee | 2.00 | $10,640 |
| Rahsaan D Hall | Trustee | 2.00 | $20,000 |
| Maria Elena Letona | Trustee | 2.00 | $10,640 |
| Karen L Mapp | Trustee | 2.00 | $20,000 |
| Mark Watson | Trustee | 2.00 | $10,640 |
| Lisa Owens | Executive Director | 40.00 | $267,032 |
Only shared inboxes and organization phone lines that appear in public filings are shown here. Contact details for named individuals are never published, even though the filing itself is public.
Nearest by size, location and giving pattern in the database. Geography weighs heavily. Treat it as a starting list, not a ranking of fit.
Form 990-PF · FY2023 · period ending Dec 31, 2023IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202423059349100517
Form 990-PF · FY2022 · period ending Dec 31, 2022
Filing id 202323189349106212
Form 990-PF · FY2021 · period ending Dec 31, 2021
Filing id 202203189349104430
Form 990-PF · FY2020 · period ending Dec 31, 2020
Filing id 202143199349100324
Form 990-PF · FY2019 · period ending Dec 31, 2019
Filing id 202043199349100419
Form 990-PF · FY2018 · period ending Dec 31, 2018
Filing id 201903189349103860
Form 990-PF · FY2017 · period ending Dec 31, 2017
Filing id 201823199349102132
IRS filings are the source for every fact on this page. Nothing a model writes is ever a source; it can only point at a row here.